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I love Thai food… there are so many meat and vegetable possibilities for someone with food allergies, and the spices offer amazing flavor. When eating out, my favorite Thai dish is Pad Thai… with anything “honey sesame” close behind. But at home, I love making Thai Peanut Noodles. They are rich, filling, and exploding with those great Thai flavor combinations… peanut oil, soy sauce, lime juice, ginger… yum!

I took an existing Peanut Sauce recipe that I have under my Recipes section, tweaked it a little (cooking is always an experiment in progress!), and made it noodle ready. The result? A delicious dish that I could enjoy at my own table! It is also very, very easy… just cook some pasta, stir the sauce ingredients together, and combine.

Thai Peanut Noodles

Pieces:

one and a half cups smooth peanut butter (I like Skippy Natural)

4 tbsp. rice vinegar

2 tbsp. honey

2 tbsp. sesame oil

2 tbsp. wheat free soy sauce

juice of one lime (put it in the microwave for 10 seconds to get it really juicy)

1 tbsp. chopped garlic

1 tsp. red chili flakes

2 tbsp. ginger

rice noodles (or your favorite pasta)

one half cup of the water the pasta cooked in

chopped scallions, about 2 tbsp.

one carrot, shredded into fine strips using a vegetable peeler.

Process:

Cook the pasta according to package directions. (When the pasta is done cooking, be sure to reserve one half cup of the water that the pasta cooked in.)

We all know that fruit and veggies have become a major staple in my diet. The end of summer marks the dwindling of fresh fruits and veggies and their peak seasons, so I have been trying to make summer last as long as possible. That means as many fruit and veggie recipes that I can make before the days shorten into fall…

A recent conversation with a friend, about food of course, left us comparing cucumber salad recipe ideas. She uses balsamic vinegar and I use rice vinegar. My mouth watering, I of course had to come home and make some cucumber salad to go with my summer tomato basil burgers on the grill pan.

Crunchy Cucumber Salad

Pieces

1 half of a cucumber

One quarter of a red onion

2 tablespoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons rice vinegar

One half teaspoon sugar

Salt and Pepper for seasoning

2 basil leaves for garnish

Process

Slice the washed cucumber on a mandolin so the slices are thin. Leave the skin on, that is where all the nutrients are!